時事新聞:Verisk將進行美國年度規模最大IPO
【英文原文】
Verisk Sets Biggest IPO Of The Year
In two weeks, insurance-risk specialist Verisk Analytics Inc. plans what will be the largest initial public offering of stock in the U.S. in more than a year.
The Jersey City, N.J., company plans to raise as much as $1.79 billion. That is more than twice the $750 million it targeted when it registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2008 and is the latest sign of the recovery in the market for new issues.
It will be the biggest U.S. IPO since credit-card giant Visa Inc. raised $19.7 billion in March 2008 and the first U.S. IPO of more than $1 billion since American Water Works Co. raised $1.36 billion in April 2008.
The U.S. IPO pickup still lags behind that of Asia, where there already has been six huge deals this year, including a $7.3 billion offering by China State Construction Engineering Corp. in July on the Shanghai exchange and a $5.1 billion deal from Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd. last week on the Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to data from Dealogic.
All of the more than 85 million Verisk shares being sold are from its current owners, a group of big insurers ranging from Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. to American International Group Inc. The expected price range is $19 to $21 a share.
Verisk is slated to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol VRSK in the week of Oct. 5; its offering is being managed by Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.
The 38-year-old Verisk is the largest aggregator of actuarial and underwriting data related to U.S. property and casualty insurance risks; its statistical models detect fraud and quantify losses.
【中文譯文】
專門從事保險風險業務的Verisk Analytics Inc.計劃兩週後舉行首次公開募股(IPO)，這將是一年多以來美國規模最大的IPO。
這家位於新澤西州澤西城的公司計劃籌資至多17.9億美元。這個規模是該公司2008年8月在美國證券交易委員會(Securities and Exchange Commission)登記的7.5億美元的兩倍多，也是新股發行市場復甦的最新信號。
這將是2008年3月信用卡巨頭Visa Inc.籌資197億美元后規模最大的美國IPO，也是自2008年4月American Water Works Co.籌資13.6億美元以來美國首樁規模超過10億美元的IPO。
數據供應商Dealogic的數據顯示，美國IPO恢復的速度仍落後於亞洲，後者今年已有6樁鉅額交易，包括中國建築股份有限公司(China State Construction Engineering Corp.)今年7月在上海上市，籌資73億美元，中國冶金科工股份有限公司(Metallurgical Corp. of China)上週在上海和香港上市，籌資51億美元。
Verisk發售的逾8,500萬股股票都來自其現有的所有者，即包括Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.和美國國際集團(American International Group Inc.)在內的多個大保險公司。預期的價格區間在每股19-21美元。
Verisk預計將於10月5日當週在納斯達克市場開始交易，代碼爲VRSK；其IPO由美國銀行(Bank of America)和摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)負責。
有38年曆史的Verisk是與美國房地產和意外保險風險相關的保險精算和保險業數據規模最大的集成商；其統計模式會察覺欺詐行爲並量化損失。
